2. Newcastle lap dancing club could open within weeks after licence renewal granted

A new lap dancing bar could be open in the city centre after councillors approved renewal of its licence.

For Your Eyes Only Ltd has never operated the basement of what used to be The Den nightclub in Newcastle as a table dancing venue.

But despite more than 30 letters of objection, barrister Charles Holland told the City Council’s licensing sub committee that to prevent it now doing so would impinge the firm’s “freedom of expression.”